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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 91 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's hard to really illustrate to younger generations exactly how profoundly stupid George W. Bush is.

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No he wasn't, he was evil and deluded.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 36 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Evil, deluded, and profoundly stupid are not mutually exclusive.

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He isn't stupid. His public personality was all an act. Go watch a video of him before he became a politician. He's smart, mean, and talks with North East accent.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I've met him many times while he was Governor. Super nice guy but definitely a bit dim. Let's agree to disagree.

PS: I liked him a lot more than Rick Perry though. That guy is a massive douche.

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 8 points 9 months ago

I mean, part of that was his political strategy. He knew exactly what he was doing.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 55 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Oh shit, he did

Time to become even atheister

[–] taaz@biglemmowski.win 20 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Atheisteer?
The atheisterest?

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Think of your pineal gland!

Wait...

Don't think of your pineal gland! Forget you've ever heard the word!

[–] Andonno@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Holy cow.

And wholely chao.

[–] z500@startrek.website 7 points 9 months ago

Athy, athier, athiest

[–] TruthAintEasy@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago

All hail the great Atheismo!!

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Scientist: "Hey, I think this thing."

Other Scientist: "Time to become anti-science."

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

GWB and I are, charitably, not comparable even in metaphor to any two scientists

[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

More like:

Scientist: "Hey, I think this thing."

Scientist: goes on to commit atrocities in the name of thing

Other Scientist: "Jesus Christ!"

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago

You forgot the absurd punchline.

Other Scientist: "Jesus Christ. I guess we shouldn't study science because this is what we get from it."

[–] geekworking@lemmy.world 39 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Maybe he believed it, maybe not.

My take is that Bush was trying to sell the WMD bullshit so hard he wouldn't be above telling allies that he could make flying monkeys shoot out of his ass if he thought that it would get him any support for his war to enrich defense contractors.

[–] minkymunkey_7_7@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Always follow the money.

[–] moshtradamus666@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

In my country the most famous news anchor in the most watched news broadcast stated that Saddam Hussein was the third antichrist according to Nostradamus profecies.

[–] TruthAintEasy@kbin.social 19 points 9 months ago (2 children)

3rd anti-christ? What like they think god has to try multiple times to make his own 'prophesy' to come true?

DJT is the anti-christ. He can fullfill almost every related 'prophesy', there is a website that collated them all. It is kinda freaky

[–] moshtradamus666@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

I don't remember the details but apparently Nostradamus profetized the coming of 3 or more antichrists, is his own thing, not really a canonically Christian thing. But the news anchor sure knew that people wouldn't really check, specially during those days where Internet wasn't a thing.

[–] Zirconium@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Isn't the antichrist supposed to decide most Christians? If that's the case it would be DJT

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

He's definitely turned himself into the golden calf at the very least.

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely terrifying that such a man was in charge of post-911 USA

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 24 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And it's even more horrifying that a significant chunk of the US population apparently actually believes shit like this.

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And it's even more horrifying that the guy they have now makes Dubya look downright reasonable.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 13 points 9 months ago

It’s a nickname for George W. Bush. The pronunciation of ‘W’ like ‘dubya’ is common in the Texan accent.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 9 months ago

Yep. Reagan believed the second advent was to come in his time and he was ready to blow the godless Soviets to kingdom come. Stillson from The Dead Zone was inspired off him (Played by Martin Sheen, so a younger, bizarro-world Jed Bartlet)

Only, the USSR wouldn't first strike. And Reagan wasn't willing to kickoff the ball game, even when his peacekeeper missile was ready.

Life went on and George H. W. Bush went on to condemn atheists as unamerican, himself a true believer. So the nut doesn't fall too far from the tree.

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 7 points 9 months ago
[–] SeramisV@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He gog on magog until I tribulate

[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 5 points 9 months ago

[𝑬𝑿𝑻𝑹𝑬𝑴𝑬𝑳𝒀 𝑳𝑶𝑼𝑫 𝑰𝑵𝑪𝑶𝑹𝑹𝑬𝑪𝑻 𝑩𝑼𝒁𝒁𝑬𝑹]

[–] disgruntledbroad@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

One word. "Strategery."